Media loading
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRafael ULACIA PORTOLES, Felix RUIZ MARTINEZ, Marc BENAZET BLANES
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Abstract
According to an example, a media advance mechanism may comprise a movable assembly, a fixed assembly operatively coupled to the movable assembly, and an actuator to rotate the movable assembly with respect to the fixed assembly. The movable assembly may comprise a lateral guide extending along a length of the media path and a conveyor belt oriented towards the lateral guide, wherein the conveyor belt is to move a medium towards the lateral guide.
Claims15
A media advance mechanism to move a medium along a media path, the mechanism comprising:
- a movable assembly comprising:
- a lateral guide extending along a length of the media path;
- and
- a conveyor belt oriented towards the lateral guide, wherein the conveyor belt is to move the medium towards the lateral guide,
- a fixed assembly operatively coupled to the movable assembly;
- and
- an actuator to rotate the movable assembly with respect to the fixed assembly.
A printing system comprising:
- a loading region to receive a medium;
- a platen comprising:
- a pivoting element;
- and
- a series of protruding idle rollers to contact the medium;
- and
- a media advance mechanism adjacent to the platen, wherein the media advance mechanism comprises:
- a lateral guide extending along a length of the platen, wherein the lateral guide is rotatable about the pivoting element;
- a set of belts jointly coupled to the lateral guide, wherein the set of belts move the medium towards the lateral guide;
- a fixed assembly operatively coupled to the movable assembly;
- and
- an actuator to rotate the lateral guide with respect to the fixed assembly,
- wherein the media advance mechanism is to modify a position of the medium while the medium moves over the platen.
A method to load a medium using a system comprising an actuator to position a movable assembly comprising a set of belts oriented towards a lateral guide, the method comprising:
- positioning, with the actuator, the movable assembly such that a media orientation is corrected;
- receiving the medium in an input region of the system;
- moving, with the set of belts, the medium towards the lateral guide;
- and
- outputting the medium with the corrected media orientation in an output region of the system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.